Cover for jars, glasses, &amp;c.



PATENTED JAN. 23

A. W. ZIEGLBR.

COVER FOR JARS, GLASSES, 6w.

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Specification of utter-fi mne- Patented Jan. 2a, 1906.

Application filed mar... 12. 1904 snm Ho. 230,641.

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berlin, in the county of Green Lake and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Covers for Jars, Glasses,&c. and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in covers for jelly-glasses, medicine-glasses, jars, &c.

It has for its object to provide a simple covering or closure for these receptacles, which can be easily molded over the top thereof with the hands and which when so molded will e'ffectually close the receptacle to which it is applied and retain its position thereon.

The invention consists in providing a disk or plate of flexible material, preferably metal,

preferably circular in form, of a size larger than the top of the receptacle upon which it is to be used, leaving a flange to be turned down over the edge of the receptacle.

The invention also consists in certain means for centering the closure-disk over the receptacle and in means to indicate the time and amount of doses on cover-disks for use on medicine-glasses.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure l is a side elevation of a jelly-glass with one of my covers in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 isa plan view of one of the cover-disks before it is placed on a glass. Fig. 4is a similar view of a disk cover particularly adapted for use on a medicine-glass and having an embossed line for centering it on a receptacle, and Fig. 5 is a broken sectional view through a plate having an embossed circular line.

While the preferred embodiment of my invention is fully shown in the accompanying drawings, and its construction and operation are clearly described in this specification, I reserve the right to make such changes from the constructions shown and described herein as the scope of the claims hereto appended will permit. I

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a I disk, preferably round, and made of flexible so bent or molded. Said disks maybe made in different sizes to fit different kinds and sizes of glasses, jars, &c., and each is made larger than the top of the glass or jar which it is to cover, so that its outer peripheral portion may be bent down and molded over said top. Said disks may also have indicia placed upon their outer surfaces to show the character of the contents of the glass'or jar or to enable a physician to place directions thereon as to the amount of 'a dose and the times in which said doses are to be given. Said disks may furthermore be provided with means for centerenables the user to readily center the disk upon the top of the receptacle upon which it is to be placed, so that there will be a uniform fold all around when it is molded or bent down. As shown in Fig. 3, the name, as Grape, Currant, Apple, to indicate the kinds of jelly contained in the receptacle, is painted,-printed, or embossed preferably near the center of the disk.

In Fig. 4 I-have shown an arrangement of indicia in the disk to' enable a physician to direct the amount of a dose and the intervals of time at which said doses are to be given by perforating the disk with a-suitable instrument, such as a pin or pencil-point, opposite the proper symbols. I preferably arrange a series of numerals 1 2 3 4 before the word Spoonful above a line 4,arranged' about midway of the surface of said disk and the fraction a above this inscription. Below the line 4 similar numerals are placed between the words Every and Hours, and still further down the fractions 1} and t. Opposite each numeral and fraction is preferably placed a dot or star, through some of which the physician makes perforations, as before described, to indicate the time and amount of doses.

When the disk is simply provided with a printed circular line, said line may fit over the edge or slightly within or without the edge of the glass, according to the size thereof.-

thereon, which will indicate the position of said edge under the foil-cover. By this means the cover can be easily arranged so that the line is immediately above or equidistant all around from the edge of the glass, when the edge of the disk can be pressed over the top of the glass with both hands. When the line is embossed, as at 3 in Figs. 4 and 5, it aids better in centering the cover by coming in contact with the edge ofthe glass.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cover-plate for jars, glasses, 850., of soft material having its peripheral portion adapted to be molded over the top of the receptacle and to-keep its shape when 'somolded, said plate having means to center the same on the top of a receptacle.

2. A cover-plate for jars, glasses, &c., of Soft material having its peripheral .portion adapted to be molded over the top of the receptacle and to keep its shape when so molded, said plate having a circular embossed line inscribed thereon equidistant from its center, whereby it may be centered on the top of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR ZIEGLER.

Witnesses:

W. E. CAVANAUGH, W. A. WINKEL. 

